Max hebmann



(No Model.)

M. HERMANN.

METHOD OF ATTAGHING BOSOMS T0 SHIRTS.

No. 322,718. Patented'July 21, 18875. T751 A l I j UNITED STATES I ATENT rrrcn.

MAX HERMANN, OF TROY, NEV YORK.

METHOD oF ATTAcHlNe BosoMs To sHmTs.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,718, dated July 21, 1885,

Application filed November 16, 1883. Renewed March 20, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concave:

Be it known that I MAX HERMANN, a resident of the city of rIlroy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to shirt-bosoms and the method of attaching the same to shirts; and it consists in concealing the raw contiguous edges of shirt and bosom by a separate strip of fabric fastened thereon by two rows of stitching, as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure l represents a plan view of a portion of a shirt-front with the bosom attached by my improved method, and having one edge of the strip and shirt-fold C raised from the shirt to expose to view the side of the fold contiguous to the shirt. Fig. 2isacross section taken at the broken line :c g/ in Fig. I. Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing the separate strip fastened to the shirt along its edge, formed by the bosom-opening, by a single row of stitching, a. Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view,showing the shirt folded upon itself to form the fold C and opening O, in which the raw edge of the bosom is inserted. v

An opening,D,Fig.2, is first cut in theshirtfront, similar in form to the bosom, but smaller than the bosom, to permit the edges of the shirt, formed by the bosom-opening, to be folded, as hereinafter described. The strip A, with its edges folded in as shown, is then stitched along one edge by the row of stitching a to the edge of the shirt G, formed by the bosom-opening, asshown in Fig. 3. The shirt is then folded upon itself to the position shown in Fig. 4, forming the double fold C c and the opening O therein between the shirt and the unstitched edge of the strip. The raw edge of the bosom B is then inserted in opening O to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position it is secured by the row of stitching b. This row of stitching b thus passes through and binds together the loose edge ofthe strip, the raw edge of the bosom, and one thickness of the shirt-front G. After this last row of stitching is inserted the shirt is again folded upon itself from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 2, from which it appears that the double fold C c is free on its vfolded edge from the shirt, and forms a double-fold iiy-edge,which can be raised up therefrom, as shown in part in Fig. l, to permit of laundering the shirtfront thereunder, and that said double-fold fly-edge forms a cover within and by which the edges of the bosom are concealed and secured, the loose edges of the shirt being themselves concealed by the strip.

The edges of the shirt are not adapted tobe extended to perform the duties of the strip to the exclusion of the latter, for the reason that the shirt itself is made of an inferior fabric compared with the bosom, and a much`better nish and appearance can be given the shirt by employing the strip,which may be of any desired material adapted to strengthen and ornament the shirt-front. I am thus able by my improved method to securely attach bosoms to shirts, and at the same time give an even,tinished appearance to the seam by which they are joined.

I am aware that the seams by which bosoms are attached to shirts have been bound with a separate strip of fabric to conceal and ornament the same. rIhe strip inelosed the edges of both shirt and bosom, which were laid one upon the other, and was bound thereon by a single row of stitching, which latter passed through both edges of the strip or binding, and the edges of both shirt and bosom, in one case to make a beaded fly-edge,and in another to be stitched down to the body of the shirt by a second row of stitching to form asecured edge; but I do not claim or make use of either form of construction.

My strip A is stitched to only one side of the edges of either shirt or bosom, and does not subtend or pass around either of said edges to bind the same within its folds.

By employing my method an ordinarily skilled workman can easily and successfully IOO attach bosoms to shirts by seams which are durable and ornamental in appearance, broad, smooth, and comfortable to the wearer.

I have shown a plurality of plies or thicknesses, and there may be any desired number of plies in either shirt or bosom.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The described method of attaching bosoms to shirts, which consists, first, in securing one edge of an edge-folded strip to the edge of shirt-opening by a roW of stitching; secondly, folding the shirt upon itself, so as to form a double fold and leave a vacant space between the shirt and unstitched edge of strip; thirdly, inserting the raw edge of bosom in said Vacant space and securing it by a row of stitching which passes through and binds to- I5 gether the loose edge of strip, the raw edge of bosom, and one thickness of the shirt-front;v and, fourthly, folding the shirt upon itself until the double fold is free from shirt on its folded edge, and forms a double-fold fly-edge, 2o substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of November, 1883.

MAX HERMANN.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. Mosman, W. H. HoLLIsTER,J1'. 

